Again there were no cycle police in attendance and CM riders did a very good job of returning to the job of corking, which the police had previously taken over.

First the ride went South to the Elephant and Castle and then North, ending up at Stoke Newington, where apparently a fancy dress party was being held in a churchyard. One rider mentioned that "Having no police completely changes the atmosphere (for the better) and people seem to be learning how to cork again". Another rider wrote, "The look of joy from people looking down from their balcony's and the halloweeners we passed on foot, the fancy dress and a really good happy feeling in general". One large and a couple of small sound systems added to the cheerful mood.

There was a spot of bother with a taxi driver who seemed intent on forcing his way through the ride and who allegedly damaged a bicycle. A few other impatient drivers and a motorcyclists also tried to force their way through, instead of just waiting for the CM ride to pass safely.


This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

Producer: Doug
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: critical mass ride; London; bicycle; police

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales

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Reviewer: kazonky - - November 10, 2008
Subject: All bad
This vid focuses on some very negative aspects of Critical Mass, it's not all kids being nasty to taxi drivers and motorcyclists being arseholes.